We tried something new this time, and broadcast the show live on Persicope.

Periscope is a service by Twitter that allows each one to start a live broadcast anywhere and anytime from his phone or tablet. We will try it out a few more times, so watch for our announcements about future broadcasts on Twitter.

As for SQL Server stuff, among other topics, we talk about:

• SQL Server Developer Edition vs. Enterprise Edition
• Benchmarking Columnstore Indexes and Columnstore in SQL Server 2016
• Restoring transaction logs on Amazon RDS
• Log Shipping on disconnected servers
• Amazon RDS vs. Azure SQL Database
• Amazon Aurora
• Denormalization
• Foreign Keys

Links mentioned in the show:

• Matan Yungman – Columnstore Indexes: Questions and Answers
• Kendra Little – The Easiest Way to Restore Transaction Logs to a Point in Time